Clothes-line support.



` H. HERSTEIN. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED AUG.14, 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

'UNiTED srn'rns Para HENRY HERSTEIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY I-IERs'rEIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, inthe county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Line Supports,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in window bars for safety clotheslines, and the objects of my improvements are simplicity and economy inconstruction and convenience and efficiency vin use, and particularlysafety and reliability when in use.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a front elevation of my windowbar for safety clothes lines in place on the casing of a window which isshown in part broken out. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line a@ a@of Fig. 1, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 5 is a sectional view on the liney y of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of part of my window bar.

My clothes line support comprises a cross piece or window bar A adaptedto support, generally i-n the middle, a pulley for supporting a clothesline, and as made up in preferred form comprises two parts, each made upof strap iron, and as viewed from the front, or outer side of thewindow, respectively a right hand member 10 and a left hand member 11.The said members 10 and 11 have overlapping ends 14 provided withregistering slots 15. The outer ends 12 and 13 respectively are fastenedto the outside of the window casing B. Clamping bolts C having heads 34on one end extend through slots and are provided on the other end withnuts D and D whereby members 10 and 11 may be clamped together. VashersE may be interposed between the nuts and the bar if desired.

I provide a 90 degree turn or twist 16 in the members 10 and 11 adjacentthe outer ends 12 and 13 so that the said outer ends may be securedflatwise with reference to the window casing and the inner overlappingends directed on edge for resisting outward bending strains. The saidouter end 13 of the left hand member 11 is secured to the casing B bymeans of a slot 17 adapted to pass over a screw eye F. The said screweye F is adapted to receive the body 18, and to support the head 20 of apin G adapted to retain the said member l1 in place in Specification of'Letters Patent.

Application led August 14, 1909.

Patented Feb. 22, 1910.

Serial No. 512,842.

front of the window casing B. The said head 20 may be ring form, asshown and may receive an end of a string II provided to secure the pin Gagainst being lost or mislaid. The outer end 12 of the right hand member10 I prefer to secure to the casing B by means of a permanent andpivotal connection. As shown this is eected by a connection involvingthe characteristics of a universal joint comprising a hole 21 in saidend 12, rounding' the eXtreme outer edge 22 concentric with the same,and securing to the said hole 21 the screw eye I by means of the closedeye 23, and which screw eye is screwed into the window casing B.

As described, one end of my bar is removably secured to the windowcasing on one side and the other pivotally secured to the other side byan essentially universal joint, so that the said bar may either besecurely fastened across the window space, or may be removed from thesaid space and when so removed is adapted to hang downward, from thesaid pivotal support, and is accordingly ready and available forimmediate use. In clamping the overlapping ends 14 I prefer to insertthe bolts C in the slots 15 from the top, so that the heads 34 may stillretain the bolts essentially in normal position even though the nut Dmay have loosened or dropped off. A single clamping bolt C and nut Dwhen screwed up tightly will answer for the purpose of holding the twobar members or sections 10 and 11 together, and if slightly loosened, incoperation with the closed ends of the slots 15 will prevent thecomplete separation of the sections 10 and 11. I prefer t0 make the boltC with the body portion 25 squared where the same is in engagement withthe slots 15 and a fit for the said slots, so that a single bolt may byreason of said fit resist any tendency to bend the said members 10 and11 out of alinement.

The pulley hook J is generally S shaped, comprising an outwardly andupwardly directed hook member 26, adapted to receive an eye on thepulley K and the lower member comprising the said eye 24, which ispreferably closed and rectangular, and embracing the overlapping ends 14of the bar A, thereby bracing' the same. A wing nut D may be found moreconvenient as a clamping nut than the ordinary nut D. An auxiliary hookL, screwed into the casing B is provided as a support for the pulley Kwhen the same is not in use and the bar A is removed from the windowspace.

As described, my cross bar is safe and reliable in use, giving condenceof security to the user, is made durable, is easily removed from thewindow space, and is always available and ready for use.

I claim as my invention:

A safety clothes line support comprising a window bar essentiallystraight, adjustable as to length, and composed of overlapping membersheld together by two clamping screws, and provided with means forpivotal attachment by one end on one side of a window casing, and withmeans for beingrremovably attached by the other end to the other side ofsaid Window casing, and having means for removably supporting a pulleyfor a clothes line intermediate the said ends, comprising a hookembracing said overlapping members, the said hook located between thepoint of pivotal connection and one of said clamping screws and adaptedto be retained on said bar by said screw when said bar is pendent fromsaid pivotal support.

HENRY HERSTEIN. Witnesses:

SHEFFIELD H. CLARKE, LOUIS M. SCHMIDT.

